Vents may consist of a single, circular-shaped structure, a large elongated fissure or fracture (as seen on the diagram above ... dissolved gases. Magma collects inside a volcano's magma chamber ...

Consider a can of soda. When the can is closed (pressurized), the soda contains dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). When you open ...

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.

By the end of the day, about 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, data from 16 crystals was collected and analyzed. The data, which ...

Eight major plates are named on the diagram below. Heat from the core makes magma in the mantle rise ... Some of these undersea volcanoes become so large that they erupt out of the sea to form ...

Heavier plates can slide beneath lighter ones, heating and melting the rock and creating magma. Volcanoes form as the magma rises through the Earth's crust. The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii’s ...